It worked for monkeys. After adding up to 15.0 grams (a wee bit over 3 teaspoons) of salt to the diet of chimpanzees, blood pressure soared. Removing the excess salt from the diet, caused high blood pressure to fall.

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I’d been walking in the forest for a short while when I noticed anirritation in my lower leg - just around the fleshy part, above theinside ankle. It wasn’t bad enough to interrupt my activities, however, onreturning home, the first thing I did was to examine the site ofirritation - expecting anything from ticks to leeches at the source.

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After the virus is transmitted, most probably it will take 2 weeks for some people to realize while for others this will not be the case at all. HSV 1 can cause genital herpes but most commonly this type will cause Fever Blisters which in other words are mouth and lips blisters.

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Second opinions are an important option for patients. What about a blinded second opinion where the consulting doctor doesn’t have the benefit of previous information? How should a patient best choose between two opinions that vary greatly?

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Every race, culture, person has a certain smell because every race, culture, person has a body and tends to eat food. The body, like everything else, has a range of smells, odors ranging from sweet and sour to putrid and foul. It’s natural, healthy odor is slightly sour, sweet, due in large part to digestion and blood. Digestion is a souring process and blood is naturally sweet. What is not natural, healthy is an overbearing odor, whether sour, sweet, putrid, etc. Both are based on diet and digestion, not on race or hormones.

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Candida is a very common disease among people in the west. 75 percent of overweight people are said to be suffering from candida.

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There are so many cases when something begins to malfunction in your body so slowly and so steadily that you are unaware of it. The effects of an illness, and sometimes a serious life threatening one, can creep up on you so slowly that you don’t feel the gradual effects

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To lower your high blood pressure and to cut off the risk of heart attack and stroke, it is worthwhile to give these tips a try. Many people think that high blood pressure is a natural part of getting older. But it does not have to be that way.

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The cold season is here in force. Maybe you’ve already fallen victim. I’ve already seen many patients this season who have. They’ve got stuffed up, runny noses. They’ve got sinus headaches. Coughs. Sore Throats. Fatigue. Many of them ask me for antibiotics. I gently tell them that antibiotics won’t help to treat a cold. Colds are caused by viruses, and antibiotics don’t work against viruses. My usual prescription for a cold is to get some rest and drink lots of fluids. It’s not original, but it works.

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Second opinions are an important tool for patients. One method is to have a second opinion by an institution, like the Cleveland Clinic. While experts from the institution review all of the lab, pathology, and radiology results, they typically don’t examine the patient. Is it worthwhile to get this type of second opinion?

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